In April this year, the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal
manufacturing industry was 74.4 percent, up from 72 percent recorded in March, while the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal
manufacturing industry was 72.2 percent in April 2014, according to the provisional data released by the Central Bank of
Turkey.
Meanwhile, in April of the current year the capacity utilization rate in the manufacture of metal products, except machinery and equipment, was 71.5 percent, up from 71.4 percent recorded in March and decreasing from 71.6 percent in April last year.
The capacity utilization rate in
Turkey's general
manufacturing industry, on the other hand, was at 74.1 percent in April this year, up from the 72.4 percent recorded in the previous month and declining from 74.4 percent in April 2014.